So, first steps. I picked up a few PIR Motion sensors. These are a specific kind, there are a few other kinds, but they should have datasheets. You might recognise the bulbous white shape of them from those motion-sensing light switches. They're about a fiver each and fun to play …
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Read MoreA commenter asked me for more specifics on stuff to get when getting started with electronics, so since I've learned a little since then, here's my uninformed opinion.
Get a good one. I got a reasonably crap Draper one from Amazon, which was 25W. It's fine, but takes …
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Read MoreI've been fiddling about with small electronics recently, specifically the Arduino, which is a microcontroller/prototyping board. The boards have gotten way cheap (standard ones are around 20-30 quid, less if you want fewer I/O ports or a specialised board layout you need to solder bits onto.
The hard …
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Read MoreSo, I'm getting increasingly annoyed at Apple's railroading of people's use cases (no, this has nothing to do with the iPad).
It's only after I started using a Nexus One with android that I realised how shite the iPhone was in a lot of ways. Case in point: The one …
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